The Falls Page #5

and rode back to our apartment.

We didn't talk about it

for the rest of the evening.

What bad Mormons are we?

Yeah.

I think so.

I think we're heading

for outer darkness.

Mm, I don't know.

Mm, I don't know.

What do you think?

I think we're a shoe-in.

So...

RJ,

You ever been with girls?

No not really.

What about the...

what's her name?

Well, we came close but no.

The first time I kissed a girl,

I set myself up for

failure because I prayed and

I set myself up for

failure because I prayed and

prepared myself to like it

and then weren't happened.

I mean, it was just a kiss.

That's it, you know.

Nothing else.

That's when you knew.

I always knew

how I felt but well,

there's, uh, there's a park near

my home called Hope Grove.

It sits near bank

on-on the falls

and I didn't know

what the purpose for.

One morning I woke up really

early and I couldn't fall

back to sleep so I just got

up to go shoot hoops and

I started to hear something.

And I looked around to see where

the noise was coming from

but I couldn't see anything

so I walked towards it.

And I saw two men,

one was on his knees and the

other was pinned up

against the tree.

And I just stood

there and watched...

And I just stood

there and watched...

And one of the guys noticed me

so I-I walked closer.

I had been affectionate with

men before that but that

was very different, I mean,

feeling a long-long way down.

No. That's okay.

I like it when you talk.

I like it when you talk.

I get the feeling you

don't get a chance to.

I remember, I would have

to eat with my family.

I was about nine years old.

At the restaurant. I was

sitting next to my dad.

A few tables down I saw

this really good looking boy

about my age.

So and I said in

front of my mom and dad,

brother and sister, "Hey,

he's a really handsome boy."

They completely ignored

me but when I got home,

my dad pulled me inside and

yelled at me and told me I

shouldn't think

things like that.

Then I shouldn't ever say

something like that ever again.

It had always been a

rift between me and my dad.

It had always been a

rift between me and my dad

because I think

he's always known.

Hey.

What took you guys

so long to answer?

Oh, we're just reading

through scriptures

and we're really into it today.

Really?

What, uh, what verse?

1 Nephi 2:
15.

It's a good one.

So what are you guys up to?

Just studying like we said.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Well, uh, let's go

shoot some hoops.

I-I actually don't feel like

playing basketball right now.

Well, I really wanna go

and, uh, it's Monday.

You guys, don't really have

any meetings scheduled today so

let's get shoot some hoops.

Yeah okay. Cool.

We'll be out there.

Oh, my God.

Dang it.

So what are you

guys been up to?

Nothing much just some tracting

challenging the usual.

Well, your numbers are low.

Lowest in the region, in fact.

What's been going on?

What are you

looking at him for?

You're senior elder. I'm

talking to you Elder Merrill.

You're senior elder. I'm

talking to you Elder Merrill.

We haven't see you guys in church

and you haven't been calling

in your numbers.

I've to practically

pull them from you like teeth.

We've been sick.

You both have been sick.

Yeah.

I was sick and then I

give it to Elder Merrill.

Really?

Yeah.

You should have said something.

Bishop and Mission President

were getting concerned.

I'll let them know.

You're a whore by the way.

What?

Uh, you had an H

and O that was an R.

Whore.

Come on in.

Hey.

How are you boys doing?

It's been awhile. Yeah.

- How y'all bee?

- Really, really good.

Good.

All right. All right.

I'm surprised I

haven't heard from you more.

I thought you boys was

supposed to be hounding me

trying to convert

me and baptize me.

Well, we're just

glad you called.

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I've been

reading some of those

scriptures you highlighted

for me in the book.

Oh, good. Good.

Yeah.

You boys mind, I know you're

probably not supposed to be

- around this, stuff...

- Uh, go ahead, it's fine.

Rodney. Rodney.

Yeah.

Right the Scriptures, um, they,

uh, uh, I've... Scriptures

that you highlighted me the

other day were... they

were very pretty but,

um, but a bit repetitive.

- Mm-hmm.

- Yeah.

And, uh... And it came to pass.

And, uh... And it came to pass.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, same, same

thing over and over and over.

You know Mark Twain said

that the book of Mormon was

a prosey detail of

imaginary history and,

uh, and a tedious plagiarism

of the New Testament.

Well, I don't think Mark

Twain had anything good to say

about organized religion.

What do you think?

I would agree. Yeah.

Yeah. I would suppose

you're right about that.

Where are you getting

your information from,

by the way?

Oh, mostly from the internet.

Oh, mostly from the internet.

Hey, can I see that?

The... You gave it

to me... you guys...

Oh, no, the bag of...

Oh, yeah, yeah.

The green...

It smells really good.

Yep.

That's one of the

best things about it.

Could I see the...?

Oh, the pipe? Yeah.

Go for it. No problem.

RJ, what are you doing?

I just wanna... I wanna try it.

I just wanna... I wanna try it.

Why?

I'm just kinda

curious to see what...

Is there already some in there?

Yeah. It's already inside.

All right. So let me do it.

I saw you did this

once so I'll do that too.

Okay, so...

Alright well, you know, you

wanna hold the side there.

You see that little hole? It's

called the carb.

You wanna hold on to that and it

creates pressure in the glass.

And then, uh, you put

it up to your mouth.

You light it.

You suck in and then you

let go with the cob.

You suck in and then you

let go with the cob

and then it all rushes in.

Okay.

I can guide you through it.

Just go ahead and start.

Here we go.

You guys, what is this supposed

to make you feel like?

I've never done this before.

You've never

done any weed before?

I'm Mormon.

He is Mormon.

It just gonna make you

feel, uh, interesting.

Guys, you can feel

free if you like,

uh, there's no

pressure but, uh...

Come on. Do it.

All right.

You got it?

Okay.

Uh, I don't feel anything.

Well, maybe you

just didn't do enough.

Y'all didn't do it right.

You boys allowed to watch TV?

Uh, not, not really, I mean,

watched TV a long time but-

I suppose a little...

Yeah. I would even know

what time anymore but...

Little bit wouldn't hurt.

Well, you wanna watch a movie?

Absolutely, yeah, okay.

Sure.

All right. I've got, uh,

I've got "Finding Nemo" and,

uh, "Princess Bride."

Yeah, those are all...

"Saving Private Ryan."

"Saving Private Ryan."

Those are okay.

Well, do you wanna

watch together?

"Full Metal Jacket"?

You sound like you

got-you got increasingly violent.

Sound like war movies.

I mean, are you

okay to watch those?

Well, sometimes I watch them.

"Sex in the City"... the movie.

"Sex and the City?"

Yeah. Yeah.

It's about girls in New York running

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